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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on April 2, 2010 at 12:08am

Neat idea .... similar to an idea I'm gonna use for a headless design.

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on April 2, 2010 at 1:14am

like it... might be good for a super prim rig...

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on April 2, 2010 at 3:36am

Very creative, and it works. looks to me like he used it in a primative Sam.

Wichita Sam said:

like it... might be good for a super prim rig...

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Permalink Reply by Len Davidson on June 25, 2011 at 11:24pm

I tried this on a 3 stringer and it worked.  A bit fiddly to tune but it does work.  Funny thing was though that later I bought a set of 6 tuning pegs for $6 off ebayfor another project which worked out cheaper.  These are in shown in my profile photo on a 6 string lap steel CBG project that I am working on.  So far I have finished the head and most of the neck.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on June 26, 2011 at 2:04am

I like your thinking, and it will work.

I have two misgivings however. In my experience (Much use of these in a more "normal" application.) the worm drive mechanism is lets say less than precision, begins to wear and distort after just a few tightenings, and repeated movement will cause them to fail and slip in short order.

Second thought is that yeah they are cheap, but for all the effort modifying them and such you could have a set of economy tuners quite inexpesively in the first place. CB Gitty; set of six for under $8! Seriously thats cheap, and unless you are scrounging the hose clamps off dad's Buick, your not really saving any money!

Not knocking your innovatave thinking however, keep it fun!

Mark

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Permalink Reply by Robert Edwin Keable on June 26, 2011 at 9:03pm

takes about a minute to make one, err! precision on a stick in a box and I live in Britian no such thing as a cheap tuner over this side of the pond.lol P.S. as of yet not one slippage but they are only one string diddle bows. lol

Mark Bliss said:

I like your thinking, and it will work.

I have two misgivings however. In my experience (Much use of these in a more "normal" application.) the worm drive mechanism is lets say less than precision, begins to wear and distort after just a few tightenings, and repeated movement will cause them to fail and slip in short order.

Second thought is that yeah they are cheap, but for all the effort modifying them and such you could have a set of economy tuners quite inexpesively in the first place. CB Gitty; set of six for under $8! Seriously thats cheap, and unless you are scrounging the hose clamps off dad's Buick, your not really saving any money!

Not knocking your innovatave thinking however, keep it fun!

Mark

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Permalink Reply by Mike Bingham on June 27, 2011 at 4:18pm

Field expedience at its best.  Great idea for a home-brewed rig!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on June 27, 2011 at 6:22pm

Robert Edwin Keable said:

takes about a minute to make one, err! precision on a stick in a box and I live in Britian no such thing as a cheap tuner over this side of the pond.lol P.S. as of yet not one slippage but they are only one string diddle bows. lol

 

I see what your saying, and at that tension I can see them working fine. And on a Diddly Bow its really more of a string tensioner. Cool idea!

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